I have always imagined that the main sections of a space hotel would be "low g". There guests can be served food at a table, sleep in a bed, work out in a low g environment, a generally "play" around in a familiar environment that's just slightly alien. It wouldn't be as jarring as 0g and might help some customers who might feel sick in 0g. However there would be a good amount of 0g activities and sections of the hotel/resort/cruise station.
Quote from: bregallad on 04/11/2016 05:55 pmI have always imagined that the main sections of a space hotel would be "low g". There guests can be served food at a table, sleep in a bed, work out in a low g environment, a generally "play" around in a familiar environment that's just slightly alien. It wouldn't be as jarring as 0g and might help some customers who might feel sick in 0g. However there would be a good amount of 0g activities and sections of the hotel/resort/cruise station.Yes, there needs to be a low gee section. Issues with adapting to 0 g can't be ignored. About half of the passengers will have a mild case of "space sickness" and about 10% will have severe symptoms.An early space resort for intrepid adventures could be a Bigelow module, but later space resorts for the average rich person will need some sort of artificial gravity area. It wouldn't need much AG. AFAIK, none of the astronauts on the Moon complained about motion sickness. 0.16 g should be good enough. The spin section would need a large radius. If a person is susceptible to 0 g motion sickness, they would also have problems with high RPM.
Quote from: RonM on 04/13/2016 01:50 pmQuote from: bregallad on 04/11/2016 05:55 pmI have always imagined that the main sections of a space hotel would be "low g". There guests can be served food at a table, sleep in a bed, work out in a low g environment, a generally "play" around in a familiar environment that's just slightly alien. It wouldn't be as jarring as 0g and might help some customers who might feel sick in 0g. However there would be a good amount of 0g activities and sections of the hotel/resort/cruise station.Yes, there needs to be a low gee section. Issues with adapting to 0 g can't be ignored. About half of the passengers will have a mild case of "space sickness" and about 10% will have severe symptoms.An early space resort for intrepid adventures could be a Bigelow module, but later space resorts for the average rich person will need some sort of artificial gravity area. It wouldn't need much AG. AFAIK, none of the astronauts on the Moon complained about motion sickness. 0.16 g should be good enough. The spin section would need a large radius. If a person is susceptible to 0 g motion sickness, they would also have problems with high RPM.So how would they make such an area? Any thoughts on the configuration of a BA-330 and some sort of AG hub?I'm highly for such a location since there's also the big problem of teaching space tourists how to poop. If the hotel's passenger cabins (and maybe food prep) were low-G, it would greatly ease a lot of potential challenges for eating, sleeping, distress, and hygiene.
First-generation "hotels" don't really need to be all fancy. There are a lot of people who would pay merely for the opportunity to go into orbit for a few days, even if they end up inside a "boring" Bigelow module.
Speaking of bodily fluids… In general hygiene is very difficult on ISS. Would it be necessary to send up a cleaning crew to a private station? Maybe every 3 months they make sure any fungal or bacterial outbreak is avoided. That adds a bit to the running costs. What if it has to be cleaned every fourth week? Now the minimum cost is effectively 25% more.
"Camp in Space!" (Not to be confused by Space Camp.)I like the idea. Lowers expectation. No fancy luxury suite or zero g pool or jetting around in a space suit but much more bare bones.But it implies a guide and that will probably be the key. A high end experience while training. Once in the bare bones facility, do the water ball fun and stuff like that with the guide leading the experience. A person with skills plus training to entertain the customers would seem to be key.Heck, maybe you could jet around a bit. Blow up a big balloon and use it as a jet pack inside the module.
Quote from: Kansan52 on 04/13/2016 06:55 pm"Camp in Space!" (Not to be confused by Space Camp.)I like the idea. Lowers expectation. No fancy luxury suite or zero g pool or jetting around in a space suit but much more bare bones.But it implies a guide and that will probably be the key. A high end experience while training. Once in the bare bones facility, do the water ball fun and stuff like that with the guide leading the experience. A person with skills plus training to entertain the customers would seem to be key.Heck, maybe you could jet around a bit. Blow up a big balloon and use it as a jet pack inside the module.Good point.Perhaps we could or should divide the space dwellings into some categories:* Space cruise/hotel: High amenities, great view, private dwellings, in-house staff.* Space Camp/Hostel: Low amenities, communal living, lower cost, great teaching or experience opportunity, shorter visit, staff comes and goes with campers.Any other possibilities?